Analogies Quote by Joseph Fourier

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world.”

— Jordan Ellenberg

Mathematics is the science of patterns, and nature exploits just about every pattern that there is.

— Ian Stewart

The most vitally characteristic fact about mathematics is, in my opinion, its quite peculiar relationship to the natural sciences, or more generally, to any…

— John Von Neumann

Mathematics is the science of patterns.

— Lynn Steen

Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.

— Archimedes

Mathematics is the study of analogies between analogies. All science is. Scientists want to show that things that don't look alike are really the…

— Gian-Carlo Rota

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

— Henri Poincare

I am ever more intrigued by the correspondence between mathematics and physical facts. The adaptability of mathematics to the description of physical phenomena is…

— Nicolaas Bloembergen

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world. Math…

— Jordan Ellenberg

The existence of mysterious relations between all these different domains is the most striking and delightful feature of mathematics (having no rational explanation).

— Vladimir Arnold

Mathematics is one of the deepest and most powerful expressions of pure human reason, and, at the same time, the most fundamental resource for…

— Hyman Bass

Mathematics is like love; a simple idea, but it can get complicated.

— Anonymous